Yuan Extends Losses After China Macro Data Disappoints Is this good news - more stimulus; or bad news - stimulus isn't working and Trump is winning?
QE, Monetization; Just Symptoms. What Of The Disease? ...just symptoms of a disease that is completely beyond central bankers; declining and decelerating growth among consumer populations that is incurable (but in truth, the disease is our inability to accept it).
Mapped: The Dramatic Global Rise Of Urbanization (1950–2020) In the 21st century, few trends have matched the economic, environmental, and societal impact of rapid urbanization...
From Living At Home To Forgetting About Kids: Visualizing The Economic Realities Of Young Adults In America "It should come as little surprise that women in their 20s are significantly less likely to have children in recent years than a decade or so ago."
Wall Street Ignores Cyclical Jobs Growth Downturn As Employment Indicator Hits Great Recession Levels ...there's a "very clear cyclical downturn in jobs growth, there's really no debating that, and it looks set to continue."
"National Emergency" - US Business Formation Goes Negative This is just more bad news for the "greatest economy ever."
US Consumers At Maximum Leverage, Might Not Be Able To Save The Day Consumers "may not have the capacity to take on much more debt without running into trouble."
"Looking At These Markets It's As If We Have All Been Drinking Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters" "Like many of us, including central bankers, I look at markets right now and hold my temples, groaning..."
"Count Draghila": A Furious Germany Reacts To Draghi's Monetary "Horror" "Count Draghila is sucking our accounts dry.... The horror for German savers goes on and on."
The Risk Of A Strike At GM Just Hit A 12 Year High At The Worst Possible Time "It’s just difficult to see how both sides can come to an agreement."
UMich Survey Shows Depressed Democrats Weighing Down Sentiment It appears the weakness is driven by Democrats...
Import/Export Prices Tumble For 4th Month In A Row As China exports the most deflation since July 2007...
Bidding Wars For US Homes Collapse To Eight-Year Low With competition among homebuyers evaporating in a very short period of time, this could mean a downturn in the real estate market is imminent.
Socialism Is Destroying America Socialism hasn’t made America great. It has destroyed our freedom, our self-reliance, our faith in voluntary charity, and our economic well-being...
4,500 US Truckers Lose Their Jobs In August Amid Freight Recession "Those fleets that are primarily in the spot market are facing volumes that are down nearly 50% and rates that are down nearly 20%."
War On Wealth: Warren Whacks "The 2%" With More Taxes To Pay For Social Security Scheme "We need to get our priorities straight..."
Gundlach: 75% Odds Of US Recession Before 2020 Election "We should be on recession watch before the 2020 election..."
New California "Gig Economy" Law Could Crush Uber's Already Wildly Unprofitable Business Model "Uber is 'whistling past the graveyard' if it underestimates how much AB 5 would favor drivers..."
"You're Forecasting A Revolution" - Household Leverage Ratios By Wealth Distribution Long pitchforks...